Population in Barbados compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Barbados and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Sri Lanka	Barbados	Sri Lanka
1960	230,893	9,661,389	-	-
1961	233,148	9,899,372	0.98%	2.46%
1962	235,224	10,143,754	0.89%	2.47%
1963	237,557	10,395,040	0.99%	2.48%
1964	239,958	10,653,397	1.01%	2.49%
1965	242,417	10,916,965	1.02%	2.47%
1966	244,996	11,183,928	1.06%	2.45%
1967	247,091	11,457,328	0.86%	2.44%
1968	248,540	11,736,088	0.59%	2.43%
1969	249,444	12,013,858	0.36%	2.37%
1970	249,387	12,287,110	-0.02%	2.27%
1971	249,168	12,551,910	-0.09%	2.16%
1972	249,658	12,809,205	0.2%	2.05%
1973	250,322	13,060,916	0.27%	1.97%
1974	250,777	13,305,693	0.18%	1.87%
1975	251,175	13,548,984	0.16%	1.83%
1976	251,442	13,796,770	0.11%	1.83%
1977	251,626	14,049,371	0.07%	1.83%
1978	251,551	14,310,128	-0.03%	1.86%
1979	251,269	14,579,614	-0.11%	1.88%
1980	251,524	14,847,974	0.1%	1.84%
1981	252,270	15,099,414	0.3%	1.69%
1982	253,095	15,286,567	0.33%	1.24%
1983	253,992	15,388,794	0.35%	0.67%
1984	254,920	15,441,860	0.37%	0.34%
1985	255,820	15,544,154	0.35%	0.66%
1986	256,618	15,731,256	0.31%	1.2%
1987	257,279	15,916,576	0.26%	1.18%
1988	257,763	16,078,621	0.19%	1.02%
1989	258,109	16,248,557	0.13%	1.06%
1990	258,582	16,352,458	0.18%	0.64%
1991	259,373	16,475,354	0.31%	0.75%
1992	260,267	16,739,284	0.34%	1.6%
1993	261,027	17,025,918	0.29%	1.71%
1994	261,620	17,275,773	0.23%	1.47%
1995	262,039	17,564,068	0.16%	1.67%
1996	262,284	17,905,018	0.09%	1.94%
1997	262,392	18,248,200	0.04%	1.92%
1998	262,436	18,596,003	0.02%	1.91%
1999	262,517	18,944,731	0.03%	1.88%
2000	262,063	19,293,054	-0.17%	1.84%
2001	262,425	19,600,362	0.14%	1.59%
2002	264,148	19,805,752	0.66%	1.05%
2003	265,776	19,951,521	0.62%	0.74%
2004	267,298	20,087,605	0.57%	0.68%
2005	268,706	20,216,524	0.53%	0.64%
2006	270,002	20,352,411	0.48%	0.67%
2007	271,288	20,492,545	0.48%	0.69%
2008	272,714	20,629,378	0.53%	0.67%
2009	274,123	20,756,435	0.52%	0.62%
2010	275,243	20,879,089	0.41%	0.59%
2011	276,139	21,009,048	0.33%	0.62%
2012	276,938	21,169,458	0.29%	0.76%
2013	277,665	20,585,000	0.26%	-2.76%
2014	278,348	20,778,000	0.25%	0.94%
2015	278,990	20,970,000	0.23%	0.92%
2016	279,598	21,209,000	0.22%	1.14%
2017	280,171	21,453,000	0.2%	1.15%
2018	280,711	21,670,000	0.19%	1.01%
2019	281,207	21,803,000	0.18%	0.61%
2020	281,698	21,919,000	0.17%	0.53%
2021	282,147	22,156,000	0.16%	1.08%
2022	282,318	22,181,000	0.06%	0.11%
2023	282,336	22,037,000	0.006%	-0.65%
2024	282,467	21,916,000	0.05%	-0.55%
2025	282,618	22,035,440	0.05%	0.54%
2026	282,718	22,148,172	0.04%	0.51%
2027	282,779	22,255,601	0.02%	0.49%
2028	282,792	22,357,682	0.005%	0.46%
2029	282,689	22,453,922	-0.04%	0.43%
2030	282,486	22,546,245	-0.07%	0.41%
2031	282,203	22,635,106	-0.1%	0.39%
2032	281,846	22,720,118	-0.13%	0.38%
2033	281,402	22,802,043	-0.16%	0.36%
2034	280,904	22,879,527	-0.18%	0.34%
2035	280,344	22,952,739	-0.2%	0.32%
2036	279,697	23,022,027	-0.23%	0.3%
2037	278,962	23,088,877	-0.26%	0.29%
2038	278,147	23,152,480	-0.29%	0.28%
2039	277,276	23,211,633	-0.31%	0.26%
2040	276,345	23,265,986	-0.34%	0.23%
2041	275,351	23,315,260	-0.36%	0.21%
2042	274,293	23,359,578	-0.38%	0.19%
2043	273,145	23,398,752	-0.42%	0.17%
2044	271,954	23,433,096	-0.44%	0.15%
2045	270,773	23,464,943	-0.43%	0.14%
2046	269,533	23,492,738	-0.46%	0.12%
2047	268,224	23,512,629	-0.49%	0.08%
2048	266,887	23,525,953	-0.5%	0.06%
2049	265,548	23,533,940	-0.5%	0.03%
2050	264,216	23,538,230	-0.5%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Barbados' population will shrink by 6.54% to 264,216 people with a rank change from 175th to 177th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.